SUNDAY, MARCH 23 AT 1:00 PM
THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS
‘NOIR CITY: Hollywood’ | Introduction by Alan K. Rode
TICKETS
DIRECTOR
Lewis Milestone
FORMAT
DCP
RUNTIME
1h 57m
RATING
NR
CAST
Barbara Stanwyck,
Van Heflin,
Lizabeth Scott,
Kirk Douglas,
Judith Anderson
SYNOPSIS
Originally released June 25, 1946
Barbara Stanwyck dominates the screen as a coldly ruthless industrial heiress whose passion is reignited by the return of a childhood flame with whom she shares a terrible secret. When Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) returns to his hometown, now controlled by Stanwyck and her husband, alcoholic DA Walter O’Neil (Kirk Douglas, in his film debut), his presence threatens to expose a family scandal that could ruin Iverstown. Sharply scripted by Robert Rossen and evocatively directed by Milestone, this darkly provocative film delivers a timely message about the hazards of rapacious capitalism linked to political power. Featuring a brilliant score by the great Miklós Rózsa.
Barbara Stanwyck dominates the screen as a coldly ruthless industrial heiress whose passion is reignited by the return of a childhood flame with whom she shares a terrible secret. When Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) returns to his hometown, now controlled by Stanwyck and her husband, alcoholic DA Walter O’Neil (Kirk Douglas, in his film debut), his presence threatens to expose a family scandal that could ruin Iverstown. Sharply scripted by Robert Rossen and evocatively directed by Milestone, this darkly provocative film delivers a timely message about the hazards of rapacious capitalism linked to political power. Featuring a brilliant score by the great Miklós Rózsa.
CAST
Barbara Stanwyck,
Van Heflin,
Lizabeth Scott,
Kirk Douglas,
Judith Anderson
SYNOPSIS
Originally released June 25, 1946
Barbara Stanwyck dominates the screen as a coldly ruthless industrial heiress whose passion is reignited by the return of a childhood flame with whom she shares a terrible secret. When Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) returns to his hometown, now controlled by Stanwyck and her husband, alcoholic DA Walter O’Neil (Kirk Douglas, in his film debut), his presence threatens to expose a family scandal that could ruin Iverstown. Sharply scripted by Robert Rossen and evocatively directed by Milestone, this darkly provocative film delivers a timely message about the hazards of rapacious capitalism linked to political power. Featuring a brilliant score by the great Miklós Rózsa.
Barbara Stanwyck dominates the screen as a coldly ruthless industrial heiress whose passion is reignited by the return of a childhood flame with whom she shares a terrible secret. When Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) returns to his hometown, now controlled by Stanwyck and her husband, alcoholic DA Walter O’Neil (Kirk Douglas, in his film debut), his presence threatens to expose a family scandal that could ruin Iverstown. Sharply scripted by Robert Rossen and evocatively directed by Milestone, this darkly provocative film delivers a timely message about the hazards of rapacious capitalism linked to political power. Featuring a brilliant score by the great Miklós Rózsa.